4.9% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chocolyn · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chocolyn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Chocolyn, where nearly half of all residents claim English roots. This is a community with very few overseas arrivals, as the vast majority of people were born here in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, at 49.2% and 41.0% respectively. Irish (27.9%) and Scottish (14.8%) roots are also common, followed by Italian ancestry at 8.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.9% of people in Chocolyn were born overseas, a figure that is far below both the Victorian (30.0%) and national (27.7%) averages. This is reflected in the birthplace data, with 90.2% of residents born in Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Chocolyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20558/chocolyn/topic/ancestry-heritage